Dominant Chords

The video tutorial explores the roles and characteristics of the seven and five chords in Western music. It highlights the importance of the five chord as a dominant function chord, its relationship with the tonic, and the significance of the leading tone. The tutorial also delves into the dominant 7 chord, explaining its distinctive sound and function due to the tritone. The seven chord is discussed as a diminished chord that often functions like the five chord. The video concludes with a preview of subdominant function chords.

What is the primary function of the seven chord?

• To resolve to the subdominant

• To move to the tonic

• To create dissonance

• To establish a new key

Why is the five chord considered important in both major and minor keys?

• It introduces a new scale

• It preserves the leading tone

• It resolves to the subdominant

• It creates a minor sound

What additional note is added to form a five-seven chord?

• The 2nd

• The 6th

• The 9th

• The 7th

What is the tritone in the dominant seven chord responsible for?

• Resolving outward

• Establishing a new tonic

• Creating a major sound

• Creating a need for resolution

How does the seven chord typically function in progression?

• It resolves to the subdominant

• It acts as a bridge to the tonic

• It introduces a new key

• It remains unresolved